Lancaster v. Brenneis

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• holding that in filiation proceedings, questions concerning custody and visitation of child are resolved on basis of child’s best interests
• a court exercising jurisdiction in a filiation proceeding has the discretion to change the child’s surname from that of the mother to that of the natural father

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).